Thyroid Hormone Flashcards
_______is stored in the thyroid hormone
Iodine
What is another name for C cells
Parafollicular Cells
What do C cell secrete
Calcitonin (a peptide hormone
What can calcitonin cause
Medullary Carcinomas
what are thyroid epithelial cell s(thyrocytes) organised into
spherical follicles
What 3 hormones does the thyroid secrete?
T3, T4, and calcitonin
What is secreted more? T3 or T4
T4
what state is T3 in for it to be inactive
rT3
____ is more potent than T4
T3
How is T4 converted to T3
deiodinase enzyme (type 2)
where is the deiodinase found and how does it work
peripheral tissues - by cleaving iodine off the 5’ group
T3 binds with what and how
high affinity T3 receptors TRalpha and TRbeta
Which T makes the effect in the organ
T3
How many types of deiodinases are there
2 -> type 1 and type 2
Recite the affinity deiodinase for tissues in the blood
type 1 - low affinity
type 2 - high affinity
what else does type 2 deiodinase do?
provides T3 when free T4 falls to low levels (converts T4 to T3
where is thyroglobulin synthesized
thyroid epithelial cells
where is thyroglobulin secreted
lumen of the follicle
where is iodide taken up from
from the blood via sodium-iodide symporter
also transported into the colloid along with thyroglobulin
in what shape does the thyroid receptor function
heterodimer